Tag: Matt Vasgersian

"When Major League Baseball opened the 2026 season on Netflix, the reaction was predictable before the first pitch. This isn’t baseball. This feels weird. What am I watching? You know the song—take me out to the ballgame, buy me some peanuts and… Netflix. Yeah, that part."

"The Opening Day presentation, which NBC Sports is branding as a marquee showcase event, will air across both NBC and Peacock beginning at 1 p.m. ET."

"If anybody thinks he was unaware of the circumstance after that interview, they are mistaken."

"When a network tries to rewrite the tape, the original mistake stops being the story. The cover-up becomes the story. And that’s the real lesson here for media organizations everywhere. Transparency builds credibility. Editing history destroys it."

"NBC selected Vasgersian to handle play-by-play duties for its Opening Day telecast when the New York Mets visit the Pittsburgh Pirates on March 26."

“These Clubhouse shows are the best when it’s just former stars getting a chance to open up, relax and talk baseball."

"You learn something doing play-by-play that you didn’t know yesterday, and you learn something studio hosting that you didn’t know yesterday about the game, the sport, and it’s huge."

Variety and commentary are the hallmarks of a show that delves into the guts of the game and gets viewers pumped for the upcoming season.

"There has to be some urgency here for these clubs to get it done."

“I’m just very skittish about the whole thing."